In Cortical Neurons, You Can Identify the Following Five Sub-Cellular

question 23

Multiple Choice

In cortical neurons, you can identify the following five sub-cellular compartments. If you were to apply a sub-threshold current step of fixed amplitude to each one of them, where would you evoke the smallest change in membrane potential?

• A) Soma
• B) Terminal dendrites
• C) Proximal dendrites
• D) Axon
• E) Axon initial segment

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